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US 5,667,531 AGranted
Dye compositions containing purified polyporus laccases and nucleic acids encoding same
AssigneesNovo Nordisk A/S, Novo Nordisk Biotech, Inc.
InventorsDebbie Sue Yaver, Feng Xu, Henrik Dalb.o slashed.ge, Palle Schneider, Dorrit A. Aaslyng
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Abstract
The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid constructs containing a sequence encoding a polyporus laccase, and the laccase proteins encoded thereby.
Claims20
A dye composition comprising a Polyporus pinsitus laccase and at least one dye precursor capable of being oxidized by the laccase in the presence of a source of oxygen.
A method of polymerizing or oxidizing a phenolic or aniline compound, comprising contacting the phenolic or aniline compound with a Polyporus pinsitus laccase and a source of oxygen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.